Immediate aid is needed for thousands facing grave danger in Mosul, writes Dale Gavlak

Contemplative prayer, as it is classically defined and popularly practised, is subject today to considerable scepticism in a number of circles. For example, the method of prayer, commonly called Centring Prayer, popularised by persons like Thomas Keating, Basil Bennington, John Main, and Laurence Freeman, is viewed with suspicion by many people who identify it with…

“Each new generation and culture requires the imagination of everyone to develop and present the message of the Gospel”, writes Gerard Gallagher

“Christianity, Catholicism, isn’t a collection of prohibitions: it’s a positive option”, writes Michael Kelly

“Rome wasn’t built in a day, reconciliation and unity must take time as well”, writes Mary Kenny

“eugenics has crept up… almost unnoticed and… society in an almost unbreakable lock grip” within a logic that is “absolutely terrifying” writes David Quinn

“Campaigners who are pushing abortion should be honest about what they want”, writes Michael Kelly

Mary Kenny gives her opinion on how we could live more healthy and environment friendly lives

“Pope Francis takes a different view as to how Jesus’s teaching should be applied in very particular cases”, writes David Quinn

I was blessed to grow up in a very sheltered and safe environment. My childhood was lived inside of a virtual cocoon.  In the remote, rural, first-generation, immigrant community I grew up in, we all knew each other, all went to the same church, all belonged to the same political party, all were white, all…